Rod's Aviation Book Samples vs EEPP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rod's Aviation Book Samples
Explore aviation knowledge with sample chapters from popular educational texts. These books offer clear explanations, helpful illustrations, and engaging humor to aid in learning to fly. Discover why pilots praise these comprehensive guides for their clarity and effectiveness.
- Sample aviation handbooks
- Clear explanations
- In-depth illustrations
- Memory aids and analogies
- Humorous content
- Pilot testimonials
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Rod Machado’s Aviation Handbooks Rod Machado’s handbooks are some of aviation’s most popular educational texts. Known for their clarity of explanations, in-depth and easy to understand illustrations, memory aids, crafty analogies and humor, Rod’s books have helped thousands of people learn about flying. This free application provides a sampling of what you’ll experience with each of Rod’s aviation handbooks. Here is what a few pilots have said about Rod’s books: -“At 7:30 a.m. this morning I took and passed my private pilot check ride. What a thrill! This is something I have wanted since I was 9 years old. I owe a part of my success to Rod. His Private Pilot Handbook was the most valuable piece of literature I acquired during my training. During my ground school, I would study the information in his book along with my other training manuals. Rod’s wonderful writing style and depth of knowledge made even the most confusing topics easy to understand. During my flight training, I was having an especially tough time with VOR navigation, but Rod’s explanation finally made it ‘click.’ Rod produced such a wonderful book.” S.S. -“I wanted to take a moment to thank Rod for writing his signature Private Pilot Handbook and Workbook. I used them together as my primary source on info, culminating in a PP-ASEL certificate. His materials fit my learning style to a tee. I saw Rod’s Handbook on a shelf of aviation books. I browsed through it and quickly knew it would be a perfect way to at least satisfy my curiosity, and possibly serve as my primary training aid. Good call I think :-) I can't say enough about the balance of instruction, humor, real-world anecdotes, emphasis on safety and sheer breadth of topics achieved in the Handbook!” S. McCrory -“In my nearly 6 years as a CFII, I finally think I have found the textbook I have been looking for to help those seeking an instrument rating and recurrent training (along with a darn good reference)... an instrument book that is comprehensive AND doesn’t put readers to sleep.” Shawn Sullivan CFII -“Best book I have ever read. It answers the questions that, if you were smart enough, you would ask. Only book I would ever read twice. If more people would read Rod’s book, the IFR system would run much more smoothly.” Dr. John Phillipp, Glendora, CA -“Machado deals with aviation subjects with a different tack, examining why we do some of the dumb things we do and explaining how we can shortstop bad decisions. Like any good psychologist, he prefers to examine motivations and analyze people rather than dwell on accident reports as a subject matter.” Bill Cox, 30-year Senior Editor, Plane & Pilot magazine -“In the last 5 days, I think I have learned more interesting techniques to enhance my pilot skills than I ever thought possible. Between Rod’s seminars at the WAI conference and reading Plane Talk (when I really should have been studying for finals... but English or Airplanes? Hmm...), I mean WOW!” E.B.
EEPP
This comprehensive aviation reference book provides plain English explanations of essential information for all pilots, from students to airline captains. It covers everything from props to heavy jets in a detailed, interactive digital format.
- Plain English explanations of aviation topics
- Interactive Table of Contents and Index
- Highlighting, underlining, and note-taking
- Drawing and writing directly on pages
- Siri text-to-speech functionality
- Insert custom images and diagrams
- Purchase new editions within the app
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EVERYTHING EXPLAINED for the PROFESSIONAL PILOT - 15th EDITION. For the Private Pilot or the Airline Captain… by far the #1 BEST SELLING aviation reference book in the world! Excruciatingly detailed PLAIN ENGLISH explanations of EVERYTHING essential for EVERY pilot. From student to airline captain… all will benefit. The ULTIMATE REFERENCE BOOK that explains all aspects of aviation from PROPS to HEAVY JETS. 450 pages crammed with virtually EVERY scrap of information essential and necessary for EVERY PILOT. If you can’t find it here you probably don’t need to know it. **Virtually identical to the best-selling print book but in full hi-def color. **Infinitely and crisply zoomable in Portrait, Landscape, or Multi-page views. **Totally interactive Table of Contents and INDEX zip you immediately to the page you’re looking for no matter what key word you could possibly imagine. **Highlight or underline text in any color. **Create notes in several different formats. **Add your own text anywhere in any font, font size, or color. **Bookmark pages and have access to only the bookmarked or annotated pages. **Write or draw directly on the page with your finger or stylus in any color. **Link effortlessly to an instant Google search of any selected text for further research. **Eyes getting tired? Select a portion of text, or even entire pages and Siri will read it out loud for you. **You even have the ability to insert any picture or diagram on your iPad’s camera roll directly into the app. Then size and position it anywhere you like. Tons of interesting possibilities with this truly unique feature. Photos or screen shots of your current aircraft’s systems maybe? Stick them anywhere in a related section and size them at will. WOW! **Purchase new editions from within the app and access old editions for cross-reference as regulations change.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EEPP at 4.8 against Rod's Aviation Book Samples's 4.0. EEPP also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (51 vs 1). Rod's Aviation Book Samples's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. EEPP sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rod's Aviation Book Samples asks for nothing beyond the download.
EEPP holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EEPP has 51 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Rod's Aviation Book Samples's written reviews are positive against 94% of EEPP's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rod's Aviation Book Samples ships an update every 8 months, EEPP every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rod's Aviation Book Samples | EEPP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 94.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rod Machado | Aviation Press, LLC |
Customer experience
Rod's Aviation Book Samples
EEPP
In-app purchases
Rod's Aviation Book Samples
No in-app purchases
EEPP
- EEPP - 15th Edition$59.99
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